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Family Planning and Reproductive Health

  • Open Access
    A Field Test of the NORMAL Job Aid With Community Health Workers in Kenya to Address Contraceptive-Induced Menstrual Changes
    Holly M. Burke, Alfayo Wamburi, Kate H. Rademacher, Christina Misa Wong, Eunice Were, Emily Hoppes and Marsden Solomon
    Global Health: Science and Practice February 2023, 11(1):e2200364; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-22-00364

    A job aid for counseling clients on contraceptive-induced menstrual changes shows potential to improve counseling effectiveness, clients’ uptake, and continued use of hormonal contraceptive methods and the copper intrauterine device.

  • Open Access
    Down But Not Out: Vasectomy Is Faring Poorly Almost Everywhere—We Can Do Better To Make It A True Method Option
    Roy Jacobstein, Scott Radloff, Farhad Khan, Kathryn Mimno, Manoj Pal, Jennifer Snell, Renae Stafford, Cheick Touré and Vandana Tripathi
    Global Health: Science and Practice February 2023, 11(1):e2200369; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-22-00369

    Contraceptive use worldwide increased by 188 million users in the past 20 years. Yet the number of vasectomy users fell by 27 million, a 61% decline. Almost all LMICs report negligible vasectomy use. We can do better to make it an accessible rights-based option.

  • Open Access
    Perspectives of Muslim Religious Leaders to Shape an Educational Intervention About Family Planning in Rural Tanzania: A Qualitative Study
    Andrea Chalem, Aneth Nzali, Alexandra A. Cordeiro, Amina Yussuph, Evarist Laizer, Gregory Lupilya, Malick Lusana, Nelusigwe Mwakisole, Ndalloh Paul, Hidaya Yahaya, Abubakari Abdalah, Samuel E. Kalluvya, Valencia J. Lambert, David J. Downs, Albert Kihunrwa, Jennifer A. Downs and Agrey H. Mwakisole
    Global Health: Science and Practice February 2023, 11(1):e2200204; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-22-00204

    Designing an educational intervention that engages male and female Muslim religious leaders and addresses gaps in knowledge on all contraceptive methods is a promising strategy for increasing family planning uptake in rural Tanzania.

  • Open Access
    Demand Forecasting Approaches for New Contraceptive Technologies: A Landscape Review and Recommendations for Alignment
    Elizabeth LaCroix, Ashley Jackson, Seth McGovern, Kate H. Rademacher and Claire W. Rothschild
    Global Health: Science and Practice February 2023, 11(1):e2200334; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-22-00334

    We describe the variety of approaches for modeling demand for new contraceptive methods, highlight opportunities for alignment around forecasting practices, and make recommendations to support more accurate forecasting and sound decision-making based on forecasts.

  • Open Access
    Interventions to Improve the Reproductive Health of Undocumented Female Migrants and Refugees in Protracted Situations: A Systematic Review
    Silvana Larrea-Schiavon, Lucía M. Vázquez-Quesada, Lindsay R. Bartlett, Nayeli Lam-Cervantes, Pooja Sripad, Isabel Vieitez and Liliana Coutiño-Escamilla
    Global Health: Science and Practice December 2022, 10(6):e2100418; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00418

    Evidence from a systematic review shows that subsidizing health care, strengthening health services, and implementing educational interventions have positive effects on undocumented migrant women and female refugees’ sexual and reproductive health outcomes.

  • Open Access
    Designing for Impact and Institutionalization: Applying Systems Thinking to Sustainable Postpartum Family Planning Approaches for First-Time Mothers in Bangladesh
    Melanie Yahner, Angela Muriuki, Amy Mangieri, Syeda Nabin Ara Nitu, Shumona Shafinaz and Eric Sarriot
    Global Health: Science and Practice October 2022, 10(5):e2200023; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-22-00023

    Public health practitioners often design interventions prioritizing potential impact over sustainability. To assess the potential for impact and institutionalization, we applied systems thinking to postpartum family planning approaches for first-time mothers in Bangladesh.

  • Open Access
    What Have We Learned? Implementation of a Shared Learning Agenda and Access Strategy for the Hormonal Intrauterine Device
    Kate H. Rademacher, Tabitha Sripipatana, Kendal Danna, Deborah Sitrin, Aurélie Brunie, Katie M. Williams, Kayode Afolabi, Francia Rasoanirina, Saumya Ramarao, Anne Pfitzer, Devon Cain, Morgan Simon, Elaine Menotti, Anna Hazelwood, Anthony Adindu Nwala, Zainab Saidu, Raveena Chowdhury, Anne Taiwo, Agnes Chidanyika, Gathari Ndirangu, Markus J. Steiner, Marie Chantale Lepine, Rick Homan, Abdulmumin Saad, John Vivalo and Laneta J. Dorflinger
    Global Health: Science and Practice October 2022, 10(5):e2100789; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00789

    Early evidence on clients’ and providers’ experiences with the hormonal intrauterine device in sub-Saharan Africa and lessons learned from implementing a shared learning agenda can inform strategies to expand access in other low- and middle-income countries.

  • Open Access
    Making Removals Part of Informed Choice: A Mixed-Method Study of Client Experiences With Removal of Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives in Senegal
    Aurélie Brunie, Fatou Ndiaté Rachel Sarr Aw, Salif Ndiaye, Etienne Dioh, Elena Lebetkin, Megan M. Lydon, Elizabeth Knippler, Sarah Brittingham, Marème Dabo and Marème Mady Dia Ndiaye
    Global Health: Science and Practice October 2022, 10(5):e2200123; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-22-00123

    Governments must plan to ensure that removal services for long-acting reversible contraceptives are accessible and affordable to handle growing demand. Participants seeking method removal in Senegal reported largely satisfactory experiences, with a few areas for potential strengthening.

  • Open Access
    Qualitative Examination of the Role and Influence of Mothers-in-Law on Young Married Couples’ Family Planning in Rural Maharashtra, India
    Anvita Dixit, Mohan Ghule, Namratha Rao, Madhusudana Battala, Shahina Begum, Nicole E. Johns, Sarah Averbach and Anita Raj
    Global Health: Science and Practice October 2022, 10(5):e2200050; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-22-00050

    Mothers-in-law (MILs) in India hold influential norms that can compromise the reproductive autonomy of their daughters-in-law. Family planning interventions should address MILs’ attitudes and involvement in reproductive decision making.

  • Open Access
    Meeting the Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of Internally Displaced Persons in Ethiopia’s Somali Region: A Qualitative Process Evaluation
    Kathryn A. O’Connell, Tesfaye Shiferaw Hailegebriel, Danielle Garfinkel, Jenna Durham, Bereket Yakob, Jemal Kassaw and Addisalem Titiyos Kebede
    Global Health: Science and Practice October 2022, 10(5):e2100818; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00818

    We share lessons learned from a project to improve access to sexual and reproductive health services among internally displaced persons in Somali region, Ethiopia.

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